diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 582d1e95e..236a38062 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ Detailed list of changes
 
 - Sessions: Allow controlling which OS Window is active via the ``focus_os_window`` directive
 
+- Wayland: Fix for bug in NVIDIA drivers that prevents transparency working (:iss:`5479`)
+
 0.26.2 [2022-09-05]
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/glfw/egl_context.c b/glfw/egl_context.c
index a714a12dc..6adcea05b 100644
--- a/glfw/egl_context.c
+++ b/glfw/egl_context.c
@@ -600,8 +600,11 @@ bool _glfwCreateContextEGL(_GLFWwindow* window,
         if (_glfw.egl.KHR_gl_colorspace)
             setAttrib(EGL_GL_COLORSPACE_KHR, EGL_GL_COLORSPACE_SRGB_KHR);
     }
-    if (_glfw.egl.EXT_present_opaque)
-        setAttrib(EGL_PRESENT_OPAQUE_EXT, !fbconfig->transparent);
+    // Disabled because it prevents transparency from working on NVIDIA drivers under Wayland
+    // https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/5479
+    // We anyway dont use the alpha bits for anything.
+    /* if (_glfw.egl.EXT_present_opaque) */
+    /*     setAttrib(EGL_PRESENT_OPAQUE_EXT, !fbconfig->transparent); */
 
     setAttrib(EGL_NONE, EGL_NONE);